Meaning of epithet In English

• 0 an adjective added to a person's name or a phrase used instead of it, usually to criticize or praise them:

  • The singer's 104-kilo frame earned him the epithet of "Man Mountain" in the press.

• 1 a word or phrase used to describe someone, often as an insult:

  • a racial epithet

  • His stubbornness earned him the epithet “Senator No.”